As I previously posted here, although the Legislative Session officially ended on Monday, "the calendar date is not an absolute cut-off as the Assembly can continue out of session to deliberate and take action on a bill. In addition, because a budget has not yet been passed up in Albany, it is likely that the Senate and the Assembly will hold-over and continue to work with the Governor to reach a consensus on a budget. During this time, it is possible that the Assembly will take up other business in this hold-over period."
I reached out to Assemblymember Bing, who is up in Albany, and he confirmed that the legislative session is still in progress:
We are currently passing non-budget related bills while the negotiations on the budget are continuing. The technical close of session was Monday, but we expect to be here through the week and for most of next week.
Thus, it is still possible that the bill will continue its progression through the committee process and then for a potential full Assembly vote before the session ends.
That said, however, it is getting down to the wire and I think that the budget is probably the more likely avenue for passage of a bill legalizing MMA at this point.
For reference, I posted about the budget process here.
I will continue to monitor.
Fight Lawyer
